Mowing Your Lawn? Skip One Week, But Not Two

“The two-week yards usually looked ready for a mow and the homeowners from this group were also happy to see us,” she said. “When we arrived at the three-week yards, we had to convince ourselves that the lawns didn’t look that bad, but they did look messy. These homeowners…told us that their neighbors kept asking when the lawn was going to get mowed, or even offered to come over and mow the lawn for them, or at least dig up the dandelions. The householders resisted, proudly stated that the yard was part of a science project…All yards had lawn signs that explained the study but also — I hoped — let the neighbors know that, particularly for the three-week yards, that the ‘messiness’ was intentional.”